Congratulation Pours As Ohio State defeats Notre Dame 34-23 in college football championship game
Ohio State defeats Notre Dame 34-23 in college football championship game
Ohio State celebrates after their win against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday
Ohio State celebrates after their win against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday in Atlanta.
ATLANTA — The pass seemed to hang up there forever. Did it feel like seven weeks? Did it feel like 10 years?
What a great debate for Ohio State fans to have forever.
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When that teardrop of a throw from Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard on third-and-11 finally landed, light as a feather, in the hands of receiver Jeremiah Smith late in the fourth quarter Monday, Ohio State had locked up what would be a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame for its sixth national title and first in a decade.
It was that 56-yard gain that snuffed out a feverish Notre Dame comeback and made the Buckeyes the champion of the sport’s first 12-team playoff, just as they were champions of its first four-team tournament a decade ago.
“They were running man coverage and I said, ‘Hey, I’m going to let this loose and let him make a play on it,'” Howard said of a play that felt about 100 years removed from Ohio State’s once program-defining “Three yards and a cloud of dust.”
Ohio State place kicker Jayden Fielding kicks a field goal against Notre Dame during second half of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday
Ohio State place kicker Jayden Fielding kicks a field goal against Notre Dame during the second half of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday in Atlanta.
This was a win that hardly anyone thought possible a mere seven weeks ago— Nov. 30—when a 13-10 loss to Michigan led to a near-riot on the field and questions over whether coach Ryan Day would keep his job when the calendar flipped.
